Quote verification

This proves the quote below is recorded by Citatio exactly as displayed and has not been altered since it was committed and anchored. It documents Citatio's crawl observation; it does not imply endorsement by the source platform. The quote links to the original review.

“I have been a 30 year quickbooks user”

Checks (re-run on this request)

• ✓ Signature — Ed25519 signature over the record hash, verified against the public key at /.well-known/citatio-signing.json
• ✓ Merkle inclusion — Leaf recomputed through the sibling path to the anchored root
• ✓ Public transparency log — Sigstore Rekor log index 3272785693

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

1eee772591a1583462cb5f3230d618eb26eeb97bfa899441c19f008eacfaa230

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

8XYicxdtHb9qULtzw9fRv5VdCPL/ZWOeXoCMDgK+3YSvghWlx/KY1tYJhdnYnfcuB52Ab0maNt06+HQkhwcCAQ==

Merkle root

42ee8ba4b974d737f78b7f168d0af8ea0510697ac4ab4c6db44b5522bd195660

Merkle path

["1ee808907c1303ab13cd10e90632be104e46e76233003d613b7805b642611924","553d3f694b11360d950c268a0b0ada71124f41db8197a421572eeb1493e1b193","1bfd20bdee4fae47819d2ec6e5d98b1bdd3cdfabe6cfad775b5888d283291951","f4bbc675adaa82e3712373b3779788d21aaa942b097d149f36d0cef16a82cb1b","6a57f4204f8be7b6f57366cd3c2f79c4c0f59765313ee9718d79d4f6a6522d1f","fb47cf37891a33107f9f92c2ae2ec09a74eb3a369e0c3fd393cde97c9084783b","ecb077ba5aaa3f301288ee8e0d882af679a591153740af9116f4676519d00815","d4e692a4215e5e440682eced820a24ccc3d587a02fc9255e3ba8c79ca2d2ec77","e33efc6b6976a99464755af11d591f8305a9b88b29c962ed274726616433e6a9","7778590ccf9957433e23805327232ed4474099e8db24b893ab2296722c9cec77","a2b46a1a793b32df1d1c7215f98613a95eb5843e284cc2bb9a43f7d9bef3a545","5f15fc19c161cf1b078cec1dbb446ebe0ad796b02ab5da46a3b86356dc6581b7","49dd732b74591111793e90f822c8febb6b4e9dba2f427a61f4d9f7035d4c82e9","c77ac7da32c6d4db47aeb73e606322601c1bed1566533de53bf56d1599928d0e"]

Anchored

2026-10-16

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3272785693 · entry 108e9186e8c5677ad5db…

Expected log hash

3b93391ec0595ab5c0ff73f2540eb1322f56c3c1302e6789c57b97c74423deaf The log entry's spec.data.hash.value must equal this value: the SHA-256 of the Merkle root string above. Recompute it yourself from the root to confirm.

Canonical record

{"dataset_version":"v1792118508353","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:wave","quote":"I have been a 30 year quickbooks user","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-05-20","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6a0deb7d9d97cad26814a023","v":1}

Verify in the public log

1. Open the Rekor entry (pre-filled with this proof's log index).
2. In the entry, compare spec.data.hash.value with the "Expected log hash" above: it is the SHA-256 of the Merkle root string (42ee8ba4b974…), which ties this proof's root to the log entry.
3. Decode spec.signature.publicKey.content from base64: it must equal Citatio's published key at /.well-known/citatio-signing.json.
4. The entry's integratedTime is the independent timestamp: the root, and with it this quote, existed no later than that moment.
5. Locally, without any Citatio infrastructure: SHA-256 the canonical record (must equal the record hash), verify the Ed25519 signature against the public key, and fold the hash through the Merkle path (sorted-pair SHA-256) to reach the anchored root.